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河川

河川

Chinese

		river	river; creek; plain river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (河川)		河	川

Noun

河川

rivers

Japanese

Kanji in this term
河	川
か Grade: 5	せん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

From 河 (ka, "river," "large river") + 川 (sen, "river")

Noun

河川 ‎(hiragana かせん, romaji kasen)

river; rivers

Synonyms

川 (かわ) ‎(kawa) (more often used in colloquial)

Derived terms

河川工学 (かせんこうがく) ‎(kasenkōgaku) river engineering
河川敷 (かせんしき) ‎(kasenshiki) riverbed

Korean

Hanja in this term
河	川

Noun

河川 • ‎(hacheon) ‎(hangeul 하천)

Hanja form^? of 하천, “river; rivers”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): héchuān

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄔㄨㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ cyun¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hò-chhôn
Min Nan (POJ): hô-chhoan

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: héchuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄔㄨㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herchuan
  - IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯a̠n⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho⁴ cyun¹
  - Yale: hòh chyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ tsyn¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ t͡ɕʰyːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hò-chhôn
  - Hakka Romanization System: hoˇ con´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ho² con¹
  - IPA: /ho¹¹ t͡sʰon²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-chhoan
  - Tâi-lô: hô-tshuan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoizhoafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɤ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɤ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰuan³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɤ¹³⁻²² t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/